Non-refillable bottle.



Patented Nov. 26, |90I. F. W.'WEED J. F. GLOW.

NUNJEFILLABLE BUTTLE.

` (Application med July 20, 1901,!

(No Model.)

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WTORNEYS Olga UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.v

FRANK WELLS WEED AND .IAOOR FRANKLIN oLOW, OF POTSDAM,

NEW YORK.

NON-REFILL'ABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming',` part 0f Letters Patent N0. 687,509, dated November 26, 1901.

Application filed July 20, 1901l Serial No. 69,014. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK WELLS WERD and JACOB FRANKLIN GLOW, residing at Pots-j dam, in the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in bottles, and especially to that class of bottles known as non-refillable.

The objects of our invention are to provide the mouth of a bottle with a device which will permit the liquid contained in the bottle to be poured therefrom, but will prevent the bottle being refilled, and which device cannot be removed from the bottle without breaking the top or the neck of the bottle; also, to obtain patent on the neck of the bottle itself.` We attain these objects by the device illus-` trated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the neck of a bottle, showing our non-refill-` able device in place, the bottle being inan upright position. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the same plane as in Fig. 1, the bottle being turned to show the position of the valve or plunger while the liquid is being poured from the bottle. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 8 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the plug and guard.

Similar letters and numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The part lettered A represents the neck of a bottle, which has a groove 1 formed in the inside thereof.

2 is a sleeve or casing, internally screwthreaded at 3, having on the outside at opposite points springs 4. The upper end of this casing has attached thereto a flanged disk 5, which has an opening 6 therein.

B is the stopper proper, and consists of a screw-threaded plug 7, having an opening 8 therein, through which is inserted the plunger 9, closed at the top, but having an opening or passage 10 through the center thereof and also two lateral openings 11 in the sides thereof under the top or cap 12. The under face 13 Of the cap of the plug is ground and fits into a ground seat 14 on the upper part of the plug 7. Connected to the plug by pieces or strips 15 is what may be termed a guard C. This guard consists of a short section of tube or pipe 16, cut on a bevel, as shown in the drawings. Connected to the lower part of this tube, just inside thereof, is a bafiieplate 17, which extends more than half-way across the opening in the tube. 18 is another baffle-plate that extends in the opposite direction and also more than half across the opening in the tube, so that the two plates overlap. The object of this construction is to prevent tampering with the plug. By this arrangement a Wire or other device cannot be inserted in the bottle under the plunger to hold the plunger od its seat to refill the bottle. The tube or guard is placed at such a distance from the plug 7 that` the lower bafiiefplate 17 will prevent the plunger from falling out of the plug when the bottle is turned Vover or inverted, the upper end or cap of the plunger coming into contact with this baffleplate when the bottle is in turned-over position, as shown in Fig. 2.

The plug carrying the guard is inserted into the lower end of the shell and screw-threaded in place, as shown. The device is then ready to be inserted in the bottle. Vhen the bottle is filled with the desired material, the sleeve carrying the plug and the guard is pushed down into the neck of the bottle until the springs 4 snap into the grooves 1, when the non-relillable device is held in place and cannot be removed without breaking the neck of the bottle. Vhen the bottle is in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 1, the plunger 9 fits down on the seat 14 of the plug and acts as a stopper or closure for the bottle. When it is desired to pour out the contents of the bottle, vit is upset or turned, as shown in Fig. 2, the plunger 9 being fitted loosely in the plug and will by its own weight drop down into the position shown in Fig. 2, and it will be prevented from falling out of the plug by the baftle-plate'l', the liquid in the bottle passing out through the opening 10 in the plunger, through the Wing-passages 11,

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and through or around the battle-plates 17l 1n an upright position, when the plug will 1mmcdiately fall to its seat,` as shown in Fig. -1.

vVhcn in this position, the plunger com-v pletely closes the bottle and prevents any liquid from being poured into the bottle.

By our invention the refilling of a bottle is etfectuallyprevented, and this nonrefillable device cannot be tampered with. It cannot be removed from thebottle Without the bottle being broken.

Having now described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a device for preventing the refilling of a bottle, a sleeve or casing having springs on each side thereof adapted to fit in a groove in the neck of the bottle, a pl ug screw-threaded inone end of the sleeve and having an opening therein, the upper face of the plug being ground to form a seat for a plunger, a plunger having an opening through the center thereof and two wing-openings in the sides thereof for the passage ot' the liquid, a cap or top on the end of the plunger having a ground face which coacts with the ground seat of the plug and when in place closes the opening in the plug, a guard above the plug and placed at such a distance therefrom as to prevent the plunger from falling out of the plug when the device is inverted.

2. In a device for preventing the refilling of a` bottle, a sleeve or casing having springs adapted to fit into a groove in the neck ofthe bottle, a Aplug screw-threaded in the sleeve and having au opening therethrough; the upper face of the plug being groundrto form a l seat for a plunger, a plunger-having'an opening through the center thereof and an opening in the side thereof as passages for the contents of the bottle when the bottle is being emptied, a cap or top on the upper end of the plunger having a ground face which coacts with the ground face of the plug, the cap and plunger acting as a closure for the opening in the plug when the plunger is in its seat,

plunger from falling ont or the plug.

3. In a device for preventing the refilling of a bottle, a sleeve or casing having springs on each side thereof adapted to tit in agroove in the neck of a bottle, a plug seated in one end of the. sleeve and having an opening therein, the upper face thereof being ground to form a seat for a plunger, a plunger having an 'opening through the center thereof and also openings in the sides for the passage of a liquid, the top or upper end of the plunger being closed and having a ground face on the upper en d thereof which acts with the ground seat of the plug and when in place closes the opening in the plug, a guard above the plug and connected directly therewith and placed at such a distance therefrom as to prevent the' plunger from falling out of the plug when the device of the bottle to vwhich it is attached is inverted.

4. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck of the bottle having agroove .formed in the side thereof, of a non-refillable stopper comprising a sleeve having a spring adapted to t in the groove when the stopper is in place, a plug screw-threaded in the lower end of the sleeve and having a cylindrical opening therethrough, a plunger operating loosely in the plug, the said plunger being closed at its upper end but having a passage through the center and the walls thereof, the upper face of the plunger coacting to form a tight joint when the plunger is seated on the plug, a guard above the plunger and at such a distance from the plug that the plunger will be retained in the plug when the bottle is inverted.

In testimony whereof we affix our signa: tures in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK W'ELLS WEED. JACOB vFRANKLIN OLOXV.

Witnesses:

WM. McCoRMIcK, L. J. BROWNELL. 

